Mohamed Rashed Daoud al-Owhali

Mohamed Rashed Daoud al-Owhali (18 January 1977-) was a British-born Saudi al-Qaeda terrorist who was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the 1998 United States embassy bombings.

Biography
Mohamed Rashed Daoud al-Owhali was born in Liverpool, England in 1977, and he came from a wealthy Saudi family. He attended al-Qaeda's Khalden training camp in Afghanistan in 1996 due to his opposition to the US sanctions against Iraq, and he traveled to Kenya under a false passport to take part in a terrorist attack against the USA. On 7 August 1998, he took part in the 1998 United States embassy bombings, and he was supposed to leap from the Nairobi-bound truck and fire on the security guards to clear a path for the suicide bomber. However, he left his pistol in the truck and ran away before it detonated, receiving back injuries while running away. He was arrested on 12 August 1998, and he cooperated with the FBI willingly. He was sentenced to life in prison at the ADX Florence supermax prison.